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If you can't get back into the ARC forums.... send me an e-mail to
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Forum Problem solution.
If you are having a problem with the ARC forums not displaying
correctly, please follow this info below from ARC forum member Mstor.
"I figured it out. If you are experiencing the problem where the formatting of the forum is basically gone and is all text, do the following. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find the link labeled "Theme". Click on it and select "Old ARC (default)". That fixed the problem for me."
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| Friday, May
29 2020 |
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wife "Mai" has created her own Youtube
channel. Her channel is called "Mai
Sexy Garage"
and
focuses on fixing and restoring various cars. In
today's video she washes her Supercharged 1989 Toyota MR2.
It was a sunny day, so she was able to get a bit of sun in
the process.
Thank you everyone!! |
| Please
subscribe to her channel........she needs subscribers. |
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Juan Carlos Gómez Y Sarzotti
has done a fabulous
job building and finishing his 1/48 ICM YaK-7. This
is a classic Russian WW2 fighter and I'm pleased to see this one on
ARC today.
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Maximo Golle
is on ARC for the first time today. This is 1/48 Heller Etendard IV
M finished in French Navy markings complete with full
weathering. This Etendard IV M looks great. Welcome
to ARC Maximo!!! |
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Gordon L. Hewstone
is here with his first article on ARC. This is his flawless 1/72 Hasegawa Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
with aftermarket detail items and some serious skill to get
everything looking perfect. Gordon has included the tragic
history of the final mission of this sub hunter. Beautiful
work Gordon. Welcome to ARC Gordon!!! |
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Aslan Akpınar
is here for the first time today with this awesome bare metal finish
1/72
Airfix F-5E Tiger II. Aslan used aftermarket decals to
finish his fighter and the bare metal finish look fantastic.
Welcome to ARC Aslan!!! |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
LööK Tornado GR.1 cockpit detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Eduard/Revell kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I/Mk.II cockpit set from
SBS
Model. This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-4 Phantom II Arresting Hook from
QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for
the Academy
kit.
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Thursday, May
28 2020 |
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Armenia National Day
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Stefan VanDer
is here for the first time today with his big exceptional 1/32 Tamiya F15E.
As you can see in his photos Stefan was very careful with all
the details on his F-15 including the RBF tags and open access
panels and intake covers. He gave it a weapons load with drop
tanks and full weathering. I love this F-15. Welcome to
ARC Stefan!! |
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RSK48, Rafael
is here with a first today. This is the first time this
aircraft has been on ARC. This is his 1/48 Scratchbuilt Morane Saulnier
230 finished in an eye catching paint scheme for the Venezuela
Air Force. Scratchbuilding any aircraft is a complicated time
consuming process and Rafael has kindly included in-progress photos
to show what work was involved. I think his finished model
looks awesome and it's good to see Morane Saulnier 230 on ARC.. |
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Jason Watkins
is here for the first time with his great looking 1/72 Airfix MiG-29.
Jason chose the 2 tone gray camo scheme for a Serbian Air Force
MiG-29 and finished his jet with a full weapons load and
weathering. I love how it turned out. Welcome to ARC
Jason!! |
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Orlando Sucre
Rosales dropped by the ARC corporate office in Venezuela with
his 1/72
Hasegawa Mustang III “Sharkmouth squadron”. This is
not the easiest kit to build but Orlando was persistent and built it
to a high standard. It's good to see this RAF Mustang on
ARC. Well done Orlando. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Gladiator Mk.I interior photo etch detail set
from Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the ICM
kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
SBD Dauntless Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Accurate
Miniatures, Italeri, Eduard kit.
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| Wednesday, May
27 2020 |
| Starting
today....daily updates will be bigger!! I hope everyone enjoys
that. |
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Heriberto Espinoza Poblete
is here from Chile for the first time today with this Indian 1/48 Academy Hawker Hunter F. MK. 56.
Heriberto
added resin aftermarket parts from Airies and finished his Hunter
with an excellent camo and weathering job. Welcome to ARC
Heriberto.
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Lev Lukianoff
is here from Belgium with his first article on ARC today.
This is his 1/72 Revell F-101B Voodoo-95-MC detailed with
resin parts from Pavla and finished as a USAF jet. |
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Bob TheDoc
is here from India with a forgotten WW2 Russian bomber.
This is his 1/72
Master Model Ilyushin IL-4 finished as a torpedo bomber.
Bob found this older kit to require quite a bit of extra work to
build it, but in the end the finished model does look
excellent. Well done Bob. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here from Canada with his big 1/32
Hasegawa CF-104 Starfighter finished as an RCAF jet. Shawn
finished it as it appeared in 1974 and I was excited to see in his
article that he included 2 photos of his display cases. Great
looking Starfighter Shawn. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Wingtip Pylons from
Zactomodels.
This resin set includes two 1/32 Wingtip Pylons for the Su-27.
You can use these lovely resin wing tip resin pylons or you can
use these pylons to replace the inaccurate kit wing tip pylons.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
EA-6B Prowler interior photo etch detail
set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Kinetic kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Supermarine Spitfire C wing - Hispano 20mm cannons in fairings (two
versions) from
Master.
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| Tuesday, May
26 2020 |
Georgia National Day
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Rizky Renaldy
starts today's update with his first model on ARC. This is
his 1/48
Hasegawa Vaught A-7D Corsair II built OOB to a very high level
of detail. Rizky added a full weapons load and has some panels
open to show detail and finish this A-7 as a USAF with full
weathering. Looks great Rizky, welcome to ARC!!! |
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Juan C Gómez Y Sarzotti
is here with one of the most famous Mustangs from the ETO.
This is his blue nosed P-51 made from the 1/48
ARII North American P-51D Mustang finished to a very high
standard. I enjoyed seeing this Mustang here on ARC. |
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Mauricio Gonzalez Martinez
is here from Chile for the first time on ARC. Mauricio's 1/48 Trumpeter MiG-17PFU
was given a multi-shade bare metal finish with a very realistic
weathering job. Welcome to ARC Mauricio!!!! |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Large from
The
Small Shop.
Use for removing larger pieces from the PE
frets. Especially useful for scale modellers.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
US WWII Pitot Tube - "Shark-fin" type probe from
Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Douglas C-47, Dakota, DC-3 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix (new 2014 mold) kit.
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No product articles
today out of respect for Memorial Day.
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Mike
Muth
gets Memorial Day started with his 1/48
HobbyBoss F4F-3 Wildcat & 1/72 Hasegawa F4F-3 Wildcat. Mike
includes 2 model and both finished in those colorful pre-war
markings. These look great.
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with something I didn't know existed. These are
his 1/144
Airfix / Minicraft F-104A/G Starfighter and one is finished as 1
of the 3 US Navy Starfighters. Thomas added extra detailing
and chose some very interesting paint schemes. The in-flight
Italian jet is a treat to see and the USN bird is very cool. |
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| Sunday, May
24 2020 |
Eritrea Independence Day
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| Friday, May
22 2020 |
Yemen National Day
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My wife "Mai" has
created her own Youtube channel. Her channel is called
"Mai
Sexy Garage" and
focuses on fixing and restoring various cars. In today's video
she diagnoses
and fixes a no spark problem on a
dead 1995 Honda Del Sol
and as an added bonus there is a bikini
intermission (her idea) in the middle of the video.
The
ending is priceless when she realized she actually can fix a
non-running car.
Thank you everyone!! |
| Please
subscribe to her channel........she needs subscribers. |
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Duncan is
here with his most impressive 1/87
Faller military hangar. This is a very involved project
and the hanger appears to be a very well detailed kit. Duncan
has kindly included 39 photos for you to enjoy of his hanger
diorama. The exterior is painted to look like an actual Greek
hanger.
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Jean-Charles Goddet
has dropped by today with his 51st article on ARC. This is
his 1/72 Hasegawa
Lockheed Martin F-16D Barak II with a full weapons load,
resin cockpit set and finished with aftermarket decals and full
weathering. I love this Israeli camo scheme.
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Mark L.
Rossmann is here with one of my favorite Japanese
fighters. This is his 1/48
Hasegawa Ki-61-I - B-29 Hunter - 244th Sentai and Mark has
included a wealth of history in his article for you to enjoy.
I love how it looks Mark.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
T-28B/D Trojan Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Kitty Hawk kit.
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| Thursday, May
21 2020 |
Anniversary of the Chilean Navy and the anniversary of the Iquique´s
Naval Combat (South Pacific War, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia)
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I worked 18 hours on
the walkaround section on Tuesday and got a massive cramp in my
hip. I then had to stay in bed for 36 hours resting my
hip. At one point I could not walk due to the pain. My
hip still hurts when I walk or move, but I'm hoping in a week or two
it will be ok.
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H. Davis
Gandees is here with a model of a Hellcat flown by a WWII USN
ace. This is his 1/48
Hasegawa Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat "Minsi III" with a
resin seat and aftermarket canopy. Davis includes some
interesting history of this famous USN ace. Excellent work
Davis.
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Michael
Phillips has done an exceptional job detailing and finishing his
1/48
Academy Su-30MK2 Flanker-G - Garuda Berjaya. Michael
added quite a bit of aftermarket detail parts and finished it with
full weathering and Indonesian markings. This exceptional
model is dedicated to Michael's wife.
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Sean Langley
has been busy building his 1/48 Monogram
PBJ-1J Mitchell. Sean rescribed the raised panel lines and
did an amazing amount of extra work to make his model
accurate. Aftermarket decals were used for this USMC
bird. Sean's efforts paid off with this gorgeous PBJ-1J model.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27ET - AA-10 Alamo-D missiles from
Zactomodels.
This
missile set is the Vympel R-27ET - AA-10 Alamo-D missile that has been
carried by the MiG-29, Su-27, Su-30. This resin set includes 2
complete missiles.
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| Tuesday, May
19 2020 |
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Work on the
walkaround section if about 85% complete. I hope to have the
new walkaround section uploaded in the next few weeks.
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RSK48, Rafael
is here with a masterpiece today. This is his 1/48
Hasegawa F-16A with plenty of scratchbuilt detailing and
finished with expert weathering and tailart for the 25th Anniversary Venezuela Air Force.
Wow...I love the look of this F-16.
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Juan Carlos Gómez Y
Sarzotti dropped by the ARC Corporate office in Argentina with
his very nicely finished
1/48
Hobbycraft Polikarpov I-16 Type 10. Juan Carlos
chose a fighter with Popeye tailart and the exhaust stains were
perfectly painted using his airbrush. Beautiful work Juan Carlos...I
looks fantastic.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with Phantom
#207. Wow!! This is
his 1/48 Hasegawa F-4D Phantom #207
with a resin cockpit and intakes and finished as an an USAF
jet. I love the cockpit detailing on this Phantom.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-35B canopy & undercarriage photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Italeri kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
OS2U Kingfisher OS2U Kingfisher Landing
& Beaching Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Monogram kit.
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| Monday, May
18 2020 |
US Armed Forces Appreciation Day
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Don Czech
is here with a rare model today. This is his 1/48 Luscombe 90 A
Monocoupe which required quite a bit of effort and
scratchbuilding to complete. This is a very interesting
aircraft made in the USA long ago and I'm pleased to see it on ARC
today.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his great looking 1/48
Academy F-4D Phantom. This is Shawn's 206th Phantom
finished in 171st markings. Shawn has including a photos of a
huge display cabinet full of Phantoms. Amazing. I love
seeing his display case photos.
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Laurent angus Beauvais
is here with a very complex WW1 bomber. This is his 1/48 Copper States Model Caudron
GIV finished to a very high standard. This is a serious
model that requires patience but Laurent kept at this and was
rewarded with an spectacular model of this French aircraft.
Enjoy the photos everyone.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Standard Rolling Set from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch
Bending Tool is the Photo Etch Standard Rolling Set. Make curved
photo etch parts. Aluminum base makes rolling your parts easy!
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| Sunday, May
17 2020 |
Norway Constitution Day
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| Saturday, May
16 2020 |
Dambusters Raid - RAF bombing of Ruhr Valley Dams
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| Friday, May
15 2020 |
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Model show this
weekend
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Paolo Yuen
starts today with his stunning 1/32 Kitty Hawk Models Mirage 2000C.
Paolo finished his Mirage as a Taiwan Air Force jet with a
beautifully done weathering job and a very attractive camo scheme.
It's good to see a Taiwanese jet on ARC. Amazing work Paolo.
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Thomas Brückelt
joins us from Germany with something you do not see very
often. This is his 2 seater 1/72 KP Avia CS-199
finished as a Czech trainer complete with pilots and posed as an
in-flight model. I enjoyed seeing this trainer on ARC. |
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Gabriel Casalnuovo
joins us from Argentina with his first article today 1/48 Kinetic IAI Dagger.
Gabriel added some excelelnt cockpit detailing and some very
finely done subtle weathering. Welcome to ARC Gabriel.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27ER - AA-10 Alamo-C missiles from
Zactomodels.
This missile set is the
Vympel R-27ER - AA-10 Alamo-C missile that has been carried by a
variety of Russian jets.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
EA-6B interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Kinetic kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Spitfire Mk. IXc, PR XIX Landing Gear Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix (new mold: 2009 - up) kit.
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| Thursday, May
14 2020 |
Paraguay Independence Day
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Yau-Hang Lee
is here for the first time today with this stunning 1/48 Hasegawa A6M3-32.
Yau-Hang
added Eduard photo etch for added detailing and finish it with
subtle weathering. Welcome to ARC Yau-Hang!!!
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Hakan
Oz is
here for the first time today with this attractive 1/48
Tamiya F-16. This is one of the best looking F-16's.
Welcome to ARC Hakan!!!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 BRU-57A
racks from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Supermarine Spitfire early E wing Hispano 20mm & .50cal in
fairings from
Master.
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| Wednesday, May
13 2020 |
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No update
today. I've been putting in 18 hour days rebuilding the
walkaround section. 75% of the dead links in webpages are
fixed, but I still need to rebuild the main pages in the walkaround
section. I am determined to get that section of ARC repaired
and up and running as soon as I can.
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| Tuesday, May
12 2020 |
USS Enterprise CV-6 Commissioning 1938 |
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Carl Jarosz
starts today with one of his bicentennial beauties. This
is his 1/72 Hobby Boss A-7B Corsair II VA-93 “Blue Blazers”
beautifully finished and carefully weathered. I love
seeing these colorful bicentennial jets.
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Pinco Panco
is here with his first article on ARC. This sharp looking
1/72 Hasegawa Douglas Skyrider A1J in the markings for a
Skyrider A1J on the USS Intrepid VA 165 in 1966. Pinco gave
his Skyraider weathering and it looks quite good indeed.
Welcome to ARC Pinco.
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Bob TheDoc
has done an outstanding
job finishing and weathering his 1/48 Trumpeter Shenyang J-8II Finback.
Bob added a full weapons load and finished it as a white Chinese
interceptor with a very gentle weathering job. The Shenyang J-8II
is a very interesting jet and I'm pleased to see Bob.s J-8II on ARC
today.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Hurricane Mk. IIc interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the ARMA Hobby kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Monday, May
11 2020 |
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Franco Echenique
is here on ARC from Argentina with his first article on ARC.
This is his 1/48 Eduard Profipack MiG 21 MF Fishbed J. Franco
finished his MiG-21 as a heavily weathered Slovak Air Force jet and
it looks fantastic. Welcome to ARC Franco!!! |
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Bob TheDoc
is here from India with his beautifully weathered 1/72 Fujimi
Aichi D3A1 Type 99 'Val'. Bob built this gem out of the
box and finished it as a dive bomber on the IJN carrier Akagi.
Excellent work Bob. |
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Thomas Brückelt
is here with four different F-19s in two different scales.
These are his 1/48 & 1/144 Revell F-19 Stealth Fighter 1980s Stealth
Dreams finished in a variety of paint schemes and all posed as
in-flight models on a special base. Thomas tells some of the
history of the F-19, which I found quite interesting. Well
done Thomas. |
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Here's a product article
for the 5.5"
(5 Speed) Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is the 5.5" (5 Speed) Hold and Fold.
This is the Revolutionary 5 Speed – Most features of any Photo Etch
Bending Tool Ever.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
AEG G.IV Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Wingnut
Wings kit.
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| Friday, May
8 2020 |
V.E.
Day - Victory in Europe 1945. |
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Asad Bangash
is here for the first time today with this very cool Tiger Meet
1/48 Hasegawa F-16F. Asad added resin seats and exhaust to
improve the detail and chose some great looking Tiger markings with
excellent looking tail art. Asad finished this F-16 in Polish
markings complete with weathering. Welcome to ARC Asad. |
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Don Czech
is also here with his first article today. This is his 1/48 Revell B-29
finished as a multi-paneled baremetal bomber complete with sexy
noseart. Don's B-29 is a
stunning sight to behold and a treat to see on ARC. Welcome to
ARC Don!!! |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here today with another of his colourful 1/48 Academy Silver Star CT-133.
Shawn chose the markings for the Golden Centennaires display
team, which is a treat to see. Shawn has included a photo of
his massive CT-133 collection. WOW!!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Lysander seatbelts interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed
for
the Eduard kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Thursday, May
7 2020 |
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Mark L. Rossmann
gets this update fired up with his "It’s Greek to me 2" 1/48 Revell F-84G Thunderjet.
This is a Hellenic Thunderjet with some brightly colored
markings. Mark includes some interesting history about he F-84
in Greek service. Looking very good Mark.
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Glenn Mor
joins us with his first model on ARC. This is his
spectacular 1/32 Trumpeter P-47D-25 Bubbletop loaded with
detail and expertly weathered. Glenn even added arming wires
tot he center line bomb and text artwork to the bomb. Glenn
has included 39 photos of this amazing P-47. |
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Bob TheDoc
dropped by the ARC Corporate offices in India with his 1/72 Trumpeter Nanchang Q-5C.
Bob chose a great looking Pakistani camo scheme for his jet and
gave it drop tanks and gun pods and subtle weathering to finish it
off. Well done Bob.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Bf-108 wheels and painting masks from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Typhoon Mk. Ib Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Hasegawa / Italeri / Eduard kit.
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Paulo Lopes Lopes
joins us from Portugal with his first model on ARC. This is
his 1/48 ICM Dornier Do 17z 2. 3/LeLv 46
with plenty of extra scratchbuilt detailing and an awesome
weathering job for the winter camo for the Finnish markings.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with another colourful gem. This beauty is his 1/48 Academy CT-133 Silver Star Mk.3
in the Red Knights paint scheme. Shawn tells some history
about this RCAF jet and includes 2 other jets in a similar paint
scheme.
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Murli Rajan
joins us with a less common jet here on ARC. This is his
1/72 Airfix Supermarine Swift FR.5 with a subtle weathering job.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Vympel R-27T - AA-10 Alamo-B missiles from
Zactomodels.
This missile set is the Vympel R-27T - AA-10
Alamo-B missile has been carried by a variety of Russian jets
including the MiG-29, Su-27, Su-30.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Hunter F.4 photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Airfix kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Thomas Brückelt
has taken his 1/144
Revell F/A-18D Hornet "Wild Weasel" to a whole new
level. Posing his Hornet in-flight really brings it to life
and I love the hi-vis markings. Beautifully done Thomas.
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Klaasjan Schuuring
is here with his fantastic dual. These are his 1/48 Eduard Bf-109 and
Fw-190 finished to a very high level in two great looking paint
schemes. Enjoy the 21 photos of these 2 gems.
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Shawn "phantom"
Weiler joins us with another of his colourful 1/48
Testors Silver Star Mk3 (CT-133). I quite like the bright
colours on this CT-133.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-21PF ejection seat from Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Supermarine Spitfire Vb - Hispano 20mm cannons in fairings from
Master.
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Dirk Schenk
dropped by the ARC Corporate office in South Africa with his
latest model. This is his 1/72 Heller Mirage IIIRZ finished
in one of those SAAF camo schemes. Dirk has also included some
history about the use of the Mirage in local wars. Looks
excellent Dirk, I love those SAAF camo schemes.
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Rafael
joins us today from sunny Venezuela with his 1/48 Planet Models PT-19 Cornell
finished in Venezuela
Air Force markings to
help mark the of 100 Year Anniversary of the Venezuela Air Force.
This is a resin model and Rafael did a beautiful job on it including
flawless weathering.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with one of the earlier CT-133's used by the RCAF.
This is his 1/48 Testors CT-133 Silver Star Mk.1 in a silver
finish with some mods to make this kit an accurate Mk. 1.
Shawn has more CT-133's coming later this week for you to
enjoy. Keep them coming Shawn.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo Etch Bending Tool - The Wrangler Wire Forming
Tool from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is for rings, loops, grab handles and
more.
The
Small Shop has
an extensive selection of tool to assist in bending and folding photo
etch parts. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes. They also have
benders for making handles out of wire. I use their tools each
time I work with photo etch.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 English Electric Lightning F.2A Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix (new mold:
2014 - up) kit
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| Sunday, May
3 2020 |
Poland Constitution Day
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1 2020 |
May
Day Labor Day |
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Anniversary
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Argentine
Airforce Falklands War (1982) |
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Shawn "phantom"
Weiler
is here with another
of his colourful CT-133 builds. This is his 1/48
Hobbycraft CT-133 Silver Star wearing a special commemorative
RCN scheme using Leading Edge Decals. This is a pretty cool
looking CT-133.
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Bob TheDoc
joins us from India with his bright and attractive 1/72
Hobby Boss Dewoitine D.520. Bob chose a Vichy French
colours and gave it a weathering job to add realism. I love
the colourful look of this French fighter.
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
joins us from Venezuela with his great looking 1/72 Hasegawa Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger (early version) “Blue Angels”.
Orlando did extra work to get
the details correct for the Blue Angels version of the Tiger and
then carefully finished in the correct markings. This BA jet
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-51D-5 cockpit resin & photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Airfix
kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Gotha G. IV Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the Wingnut Wings kit.
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In the
ARC
Joke Page
there is a new daily funny photo and daily
joke.
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Ethiopia National Day 
Azerbaijan National Day 
Jordan Independence Day 
Cameroon National Day 
Cuba Independence Day 
Mexico - Cinco De Mayo 
Liberation Day in Netherlands 
